Compulsory Lungfish

I’d naturally assumed that I’d done at least one essay on each of the millions of species of animals in the world; however, calmkate proved me wrong. So, for those of you with that particular gap in your knowledge, I give you… The Lungfish!

Goblin Sharks are our Friends!!!

I think this might be the very last of my older animal essays. I hope you enjoy it because I’ve completely run out of animals to write about… except bacterium. But, I don’t think I could do much with a topic like that… The Goblin Shark!!!

Millennials and Other Things that Shouldn’t Exist

Recently, on the subway, I saw a man get on, carefully attach his own strap to the hold-bar and hold onto that for stability. He didn’t take one of the many empty seats because, everyone knows that germs can crawl right through pants and into one’s anus. After that, it’s anything goes, for Mr. Germ. […]

Tips on Venomous Snakes

If you inject a venomous snake with anti-venom, when it bites you, water comes out. Ironically, the most playful and loving of all snakes is the Death Adder. Herpetologists think that snake venom evolved from gastric juices, because nothing dissolves food into a nutritive slurry like neurotoxin. A snake is just as afraid of you […]

Seagulls

Deb Whittam, possibly in jest, or maybe overcome by the Australian heat, recommended that I write something on seagulls. And, although it isn’t exactly in the shape I wanted it to be, I’m going to post it and maybe polish it more later. And, with that build up, I give you… The Plebeian Discordance […]